Where Paris - 01 December 2017

Bûche Toupie Féerique de Michaël Bartocetti - Shangri-La Hotel, Paris © R. Balancourt; Foucade - Bûche Chocolat - Noël 2017 © Géraldine MartensBûche Mandarin Oriental, Paris 2017 © Mathilde de l’Ecotais

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Famous for its macarons, Ladurée has created a new fl avour,

Noisette, for the festive season to add to its already colourful

range of macarons. The pastry shop hasn’t just simply stopped at

adding a new macaron to its pastry counter for Christmas though,

it has also created the Bûche Céleste. Extending the delicious

nutty fl avour of the hazelnut from the macaron to the bûche

sees the humble nut worked into diff erent textures to create a

creamy praline bonanza. A hazelnut biscuit base is covered in a

hazelnut mousse that hides a heart of praline sauce, which is then

all covered in a thin layer of white chocolate and decorated in

twinkling stars.

Ladurée

14 rue de Castiglione (1st), 01 42 60 86 92

The individual sized bûches are

available at tea time for a limited

time and the family-sized options

need to be ordered in advance, at

times 48 hours before pick up so

do make sure you call ahead.

For Adrien Bozzolo’s very fi rst Christmas at

Mandarin Oriental, Paris, the pastry chef has

created quite the cake. The white stone window

looking out onto a decorated Christmas tree is an

apple and ginger biscuit with a heart of creamy

yuzu covered in a white chocolate and vanilla

mousse, creating a light and fruity delight, while

the tree is a crunchy chocolate crumble.

Mandarin Oriental, Paris Cake Shop

251 rue Saint-Honoré (1st), 01 70 98 74 00

Prince de Galles’s pastry chef Nicolas Paciello takes your

taste buds to Tahiti and back with his vanilla creation

available at Les Heures bar. Cleverly mounted like a

bunch of vanilla beans, the bûche is made with an airy

vanilla mousse encircling a melting vanilla cream, all

covered in dark chocolate.

Les Heures

Prince de Galles

33 ave George V (8th), 01 53 23 77 77

Countdown to

Christmas with Michel

Cluizel’s advent

calendar, with each day

revealing a diff erent

chocolate to bite into.

Michel Cluizel

3 rue Tronchet (8th),

01 80 06 84 00